Senior Engineer

Overview :

Lead the design and development of new food packaging products in the food service, consumer packaged goods and food processor markets thru all phases of design and development and manufacturing implementation. Including : concept definition, industrial design and 3D CAD engineering design, prototyping, performance validation, definition of performance and quality metrics, definition of manufacturing strategy, product costing and capital requirements definition, implementation planning, production product performance validation and customer acceptance of final product.

This is a highly visibility role working with direct contact to all areas of the company such as Product management, Sales, Manufacturing Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Tooling Engineering, and Finance.

Additional Description :

• Lead product design projects
• Develop complete 3D CAD models and 2D engineering drawings for products using PTC Creo (Pro-E) software. (equivalent OK)
• Organize, research, and lead brainstorm events around solving unique customer problems.
• Prepare CAD models for rapid prototyping. stereo lithography (SLA), fuse deposition modeling (FDM), and CAM processes
• Interact with tooling engineering and manufacturing engineering groups to validate product manufacturability
• Interact with internal subject matter experts to lead product design for all internal material platforms. (Rigid sheet thermoforming, Foam thermoforming, injection molding, folded paper, molded fiber, extrusion, etc)
• Develop performance specification and testing methodology to define and validate product performance.
• Lead development projects
• Interact with sales and customer contacts to define product requirements, specifications and functional requirements based on market or customer specific needs
• Define and manage development and commercialization timelines. Communicate project timelines with business unit product managers, sales, customers, manufacturing, and finance to lead projects to completion.
• Work with tooling engineering and operations engineering teams to define manufacturing strategy and capital plans required for product implementation.
• Develop product cost estimates using internal costing tools.
• Assemble capital requirement outlines for development and commercialization of new products.
• Coordinate prototyping activities, manufacturing trials and lab testing on products and prototypes.
• Maintain and update project reporting documentation. Participate in regular organizational project update meetings.
• Coordinate new product startups in the manufacturing plants and work with process engineering, plant staff and Pactiv customers to validate product performance and customer acceptance.